AARO case slides

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ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
THE PUERTO RICO OBJECT
 Event: On April 26, 2013, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) aircraft
recorded infrared (IR) video of a potential unidentified anomalous phenomenon
(UAP) over Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernandez Airport. The video appears to show
an object traveling at high speed, splitting into two objects, and entering and
exiting the water. The object was deemed anomalous based on these initial
perceptions.
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 Findings: AARO, in coordination with Intelligence Community (IC) and
Science and Technology (S&T) partners assess with high confidence that
the UAP did not demonstrate any anomalous speeds or flight
characteristics.
 Two distinct objects were airborne in proximity to each other, rather than a
single object splitting into two.
 Modeling and Minimum Separation Vectors analysis indicates the illusion
of splitting was likely due to the changing angle of sensor view allowing
only intermittent views of both objects.
 The perception of high speed was attributed to
motion parallax.
 Reconstruction confirmed the objects traveled at
wind speed in a straight line over land during the
entire observation period, never entering the
water.
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